Google Found Guilty of 'Abusing Dominant Market Position' in Russia
15 9월 2015 - 2:30AM
Dow Jones News
By Olga Razumovskaya
MOSCOW-- Google Inc. has been found guilty in a rapid Russian
antitrust probe, a spokesperson for the country's antitrust
regulator told The Wall Street Journal.
In February, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service opened a
probe into Google for alleged anticompetitive practices related to
how the company bundles apps with its Android mobile operating
system.
The company was found guilty of "abusing its dominant market
position," but not of "unfair competition practices," the regulator
told The Wall Street Journal. The Russian agency will have 10
business days to issue its ruling on the case in full.
"We haven't yet received the ruling," Google's Russia
spokeswoman said. "When we do, we will study it and determine our
next steps."
Google has been tied up for several years in an antitrust probe
in Europe. The Russian regulator's decision, however, comes just
under seven months after the probe was initiated.
The probe follows a complaint from Russia's biggest Internet
firm, Yandex NV, which accused Google of unfair practices.
Yandex said that it "welcomes the positive decision by FAS which
has figured out this complicated case and having studied the proof,
has confirmed Google's violations."
A spokesman for Yandex said the company "believes that [the] FAS
decision will help restore competition on the market."
Following the ruling, Google faces possible mandates to change
its agreements with phone and other device manufacturers to
accommodate the concerns of Yandex and other developers. Google
could also face an as-yet-unspecified fine.
Google said in February that device makers "are free to install
the apps they choose, and consumers always have complete control
over the apps on their devices."
Several device manufacturers that pre-install Yandex apps
notified the company in 2014 that they were "no longer able to
pre-install Yandex services," such as Yandex's search and map apps
on Google's Android devices, prompting Yandex to make a complaint
to the antitrust authorities.
Google's bundling practices have put Yandex "under threat," the
company said, hurting its search share on mobile devices in favor
of Google.
Yandex shares soared over 7% on Nasdaq following the regulator's
decision.
Write to Olga Razumovskaya at olga.razumovskaya@wsj.com
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 14, 2015 13:15 ET (17:15 GMT)
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